Four authors who wrote stellar “third party” expert reviews of their own papers

Of course, none of these stories should be shocking to the European Biotechnologist audience. We are well aware of the “bad behaviour” exhibited by some scientists. If you recall, back in October we told you about rogue scientists who wrongly falsify their western blotting data including 19 instances of retractions in the first half of 2012 alone.

In that post we asked if the time has come to create new western blotting guidelines. The Scientist discusses solutions such as a “transparency index” or “reproducibility index.”